FIFTH REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR I908 IO5 



The Shufeldt collection of avian osteology presented by Dr R. W. 



Shufeldt, New York 

 American eared grebe, Colymbus nigricollis 



californicus (Heerm.) 1 skeleton 



Red-throated loon, Gavia stellata (Pontop.) 1 hyoid 



Razor-billed auk, Alca torda Linn 1 skeleton 



Ring-billed gull, Larus delawarensis Ord 1 " 



Bonaparte gull, Larus Philadelphia (Ord.) 1 " 



Short-tailed albatross, Diomedea albatrus Pall . . 2 skulls 



Albatross species ? 1 misc. bones 



Pintado petrel, Daption capensis (Linn.) 1 skeleton 



Red-billed tropic-bird, Phaethonaethereus Linn 4 " 

 Florida cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus 



floridanus (Aud.) 1 hyoid 



Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos Linn 3 skulls 



Green-winged teal, Nettion Caroline n sis (Gmel.) 1 skeleton 



4 skulls 



Blue- winged teal, Querquedula discors (Linn.). 1 sternum 



Shoveler, Spatula clypeata (Linn.) 1 



Rufous-crested duck, Netta rufina Pall 1 skeleton 



Canada gOose, Branta canadensis (Linn. ) 1 



Trumpeter swan, Olor buccinator (Rich. ) 1 skull 



Wild duck species ? 1 



Glossy ibis, Plegadis autumnalis (Hasselq.) . . . . 1 skeleton 



Great blue heron, Ardea herodias Linn. 1 . " 



Little blue heron, Florida caerulea (Linn.) 1 



Green heron, Butorides virescens (Linn.) 1 



California clapper rail, Rallus obsoletus Ridgw .2 



Clapper rail, Rallus crepitans Gmel 1 " 



Corn crake, Crex pratensis Bechs 1 



American coot, Fulica americana Gmel 1 sternum 



Wilson snipe, Gallinago delicata (Ord.) 1 skull 



Long-billed dowitcher. Macrorhampus scolopa- 



ceus (Say J 1 " 



Least sandpiper, Pisobia minutilla (Vieill.) 2 skeletons 



Solitary sandpiper, Helodromas solitarius 



(Wis.) . 2 



Long-billed curlew. Numenius a m e r i c a n u 5 



(Bechs.) I 



3 skulls 

 1 sternum 



Black-bellied plover. Squatarola squatarola 



(Linn.) 1 skeleton 



Mountain plover, P o d a s o c y s montanus (Towns.) 1 " 



Surf bird, Aphriza virgata (Gmel.) 1 



Black turnstone, A r e n a r i a m e 1 a n o c e p h a 1 a 



(Vig.).. I « 



Texan quail, C o 1 i n u s v i r g i n i a 11 u s texanus 



(Lawr.) 2 sterna 



California partridge. Lophortyx c a 1 i t r n i c a 



(Shaw.) 1 skeleton 



